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The 2024 iteration of the annual Panizzi Lectures take place at the British Library and online this…
A short inscription by the 14-year-old Franz Kafka which is the earliest piece of his writing…
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Novelist and editor of The Book Collector literary journal James Fleming has died after a sudden illness.The Book Collector was founded by James's uncle Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, in 1952. James became the proprietor in 2016 and editor two years later. In a statement, the editorial…
Highlights from PBA Galleries' Fine Literature auction ending December 5 includes: * Eight signed broadside poems by Lawrence Ferlinghetti Lenore Kandel Jack Hirschman, Janine Pommy Vega, Anne Waldman, ruth weiss, Diane di Prima, and Joanna McClure. Estimate: $500 - $800* A NOTE TO…
A selection from the extensive collection of California-based collectors Rick L. Schwartz and Linda Fisher featuring 35 limited-edition fountain pens from top makers David Oscarson and Loiminchay is going under the hammer at Bonhams' The Art of Writing sale running until December 4.
Here are the sales I'll be watching this week:
Mario Puzo’s copy of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather Notebook filled with Puzo’s annotations alongside those of the filmmaker will go under the hammer at Heritage Auctions on December 7.
If you like to celebrate the progression of Advent but can't seem to find an advent calendar in the shops celebrating the world of fine books and collections, then Bernard Quaritch has got your back.
Among many lots achieving prices well above estimate at Tennants Auctioneers' latest sale was a small collection of religious manuscripts predominantly dating from the 17th and 18th centuries which sold in six lots for a combined hammer price of £9,630.
Posters from classic movies will go under the hammer next week at Heritage Auctions including Boris Karloff's final appearance as Victor Frankenstein’s monster, and Orson Welles's 1936 'Voodoo Macbeth'.Highlights of the December 2-3 Movie Posters auction include: * the Style A one sheet for…
Essex Wildlife Trust plans to turn the Tudor longhouse home and estate of the author of the groundbreaking 1969 Akenfield Ronald Blythe into a retreat for writers, artists, and naturalists.Bottengoms in the landscape of Wormingford in the Stour Valley on the Essex-Suffolk border, was previously…
The largest archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished works to come to auction will go under the hammer at Doyle including his favourite typewriter, inscribed books, original manuscripts, assocation copies, letters, and ephemera such as his scarf.
